tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298974252011-08-01T21:10:36.018-04:00Saving the world from crappy websites one tag at a time.Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.comBlogger411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-10583834253857480902009-01-05T14:58:00.004-05:002009-01-05T15:19:34.503-05:00

Okay, so I've been away for a bit... three months?!? dang.The fall was a busy one. I finally finished the last kitchen cabinet... and "no, I'm not done with the kitchen yet, but maybe this year"... I worked on web contracts... and of course, we launched "AnyIdeasForDinner.com". All in all, a good past few months.But as I look at the new, and very empty calendar in front of me, I wonder what

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-82313709464873790092008-09-28T12:06:00.004-04:002008-09-28T12:21:34.155-04:00

Sorry for the tease in the last post, but it was worth the wait... introducing AnyIdeasForDinner.com, a new food blog launching today.This is a joint venture between Matt the Web Guy (that's me) and The Queen Bee (that's my Sweetie), and got it's start from all of the food-related posts on both of our blogs. We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy sharing it with you.I told you I smelled

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-27316700804307151272008-09-25T15:19:00.001-04:002008-09-25T15:20:57.350-04:00

... yup, that's a tease, clear and simple. Stick around and you'll see what I'm talking about. Any guesses out there?

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-85301599331835187472008-09-23T15:58:00.007-04:002008-09-23T16:23:35.588-04:00

My most recent post got me to thinking... why not add more cooking and food posts to my blog? Sure, the blog is called MattTheWebguy, and sure, I haven't posted much web-stuff, but I really enjoyed blogging about Sunday night's dinner.Here's what I've blogged about in the past...golden brown & deliciousboomper's birthdaylet the grilling season BEGIN! (include a link to my Propane Estimator

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-48273794279715125482008-09-21T21:46:00.011-04:002008-09-22T13:01:56.166-04:00

There comes a time (almost) every afternoon that I ask my Sweetie these same four words... "Any ideas for dinner?" This roughly translates to "What would you like me to make tonight?", since I do about 90-95% of the cooking in the house.I cook for the love and challenge of it. I've always had this goal to make someone say, "This is better than my Grandma's!", and hope that Grandma had mad

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-69573905023330483332008-07-24T13:21:00.007-04:002008-07-24T13:56:30.207-04:00

Rumor has it that I'll be on vacation all of next week... time for my annual workation.Yup, it's time for Summer Vacation '08, and trust me, I won't be those feet in the photo (heck, I don't even own a hammock). Nope, I'll be dividing my time between building a new side door step, finishing the trim around the French Doors, and installing a new sump crock and pump in the basement.The new sump is

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-41356471542357881982008-07-07T13:01:00.010-04:002008-07-07T13:57:42.491-04:00

Happy Fourth of July to everyone out there. Our annual Fourth of July picnic (and surprise 7oth Birthday Party for Dad) was a success, and the pulled pork and homemade sauces went over well. More about the pork and sauces in another post.Remember the canoe we were given back, oh two years ago? Well, just throwing out a quick update on getting our canoeing activities rolling."She" has been

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-75885342776192655462008-06-03T12:21:00.007-04:002008-06-03T12:50:54.882-04:00

After 7 or 8 years (we can't quite remember), our trusty Linksys cable router gave it up. So yesterday, I "reluctantly" worked through the grief, and decided to move forward and seek out a new one.Enter the "new hotness"...Introducing the Linksys WRT310N Wireless-N Gigabit Router. Draft-N wireless connectivity coupled with Gigabit wired Ethernet hotroddedness. schweet.Wired? Why yes, I still

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-24815742322712634292008-04-25T11:57:00.008-04:002008-04-25T12:14:40.577-04:00

That's what I call it when one day you're looking at the leafless trees of early Spring, and then...suddenly...without warning...FOOMP! Every leaf in the Northern Hemisphere says "HERE I AM!", and the trees are magically transformed to greeny goodness.It's unpredictable. No one knows exactly when it'll happen, but everyone does the "when-the-hell-did-that-happen?" double take when it does. It

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-52930512190118100162008-04-22T23:25:00.005-04:002008-04-25T12:18:49.951-04:00

Tonight, I'm doing a live test of an e-mail throttling script I wrote for the Boy Scout council website I've been working on since 2001 (along with a bunch of other Scouters). I'll admit that I'm a bit nervous about the test.About a month ago, the monthly email notifier went out to over 1700 subscribers in about 3 minutes. This broke my web host's e-mail speed limit, and ended up causing the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-81763664886737122532008-04-22T16:05:00.006-04:002008-04-22T16:43:54.201-04:00

almost a month. dammit.Okay, so much for blogging on a more regular basis. My problem is that I get too busy, too much on the code groove, and then, POW! A month has gone by. I need to think less about what I am blogging about, at least the planning on what I am blogging about, and just type something... okay, but it's got to make sense... and cost me less than a therapist.Lots of work going

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-13219308577612684862008-03-28T14:38:00.005-04:002008-03-28T14:52:22.535-04:00

I know I've been away for a while... it's been busy, and looking to get busier.I have a new web client who needs a quick turnaround on some brochureware, and an existing client who is finally ready (after 2-1/2 years of waiting) to pull the trigger on a complete rebuild.The new client's website is an easy build, and will be done by early next week.The complete rebuild is going to take some time.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-8618051661542036702008-03-02T14:25:00.004-05:002008-03-02T14:28:53.437-05:00

Boomper and I wanted to go higher, but we ran out of ramps and bricks... dang. Click the image for a better view.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-41853638525098990872008-02-27T10:54:00.005-05:002008-03-02T14:22:18.541-05:00

Last Sunday we celebrated Boomper's (the boy wonder) third birthday. Hard to believe it's three years already.Last year, I decided to make his cake, so I made one that looked like a dump truck. he liked it so much, he wanted to play with it.This year, I wanted to make a Thomas the Tank Engine cake, but after talking it over with The Wife, we decided that it would be better NOT to experience the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-62149158818128034842008-01-23T11:43:00.000-05:002008-01-23T12:00:10.382-05:00

There's something to be said about releasing a project into the wild...Today, I opened a web app that I've been working on, to beta testing by the internet sales manager at work. It's an web/tv ad submission and traffic app that I built for our sales department, and it's a module of the extranet app I'm building for the station (Did I mention that my day job is web developer at the local ABC

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-36824449077987223032008-01-14T22:55:00.000-05:002008-01-14T22:57:27.755-05:00

Okay, so I've been away for a bit. I got busy. I'll be back in a bit. I promise. Really.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-60861289967700204872008-01-05T21:45:00.000-05:002008-01-05T21:46:24.728-05:00

Testing a new app from Google Docs... embedding presentations:

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-20837852463850853162007-12-27T13:35:00.001-05:002007-12-27T14:36:48.873-05:00

After a weekend of holiday prep, cooking and baking (and a few days of a nasty tension headache), I hung up the apron for an enjoyable Christmas Day with Regina and Boomper, the Boy Wonder.But after making "Southern" Russian Teacakes, a crock pot full of three-bean chili, a pot of Greens 'n Beans soup, a pot of Chicken Soup with Orzo, Chocolate AND Chocolate-Peanut Butter Truffles, a huge

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-25650730382100589802007-12-21T14:22:00.000-05:002007-12-27T13:10:49.996-05:00

Okay, maybe I'm a little crazy, but I think there's a conspiracy out there to rid the world of dill relish. And this, of course, worries me.I know, I know, you're probably thinking, "Gee Matt, lay off the caffiene already," but I'm serious. Every time I go to the store for another jar, it seems that the dill relish shelf space keeps getting smaller and smaller, while sweet relish seems to be

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-30417867349824179332007-12-16T14:25:00.000-05:002007-12-16T23:41:10.160-05:00

Yup, it's a "major storm" here for us. The weather guys were all talking about 12-24" of snow falling in a 24-hour period. So far, we've had a few inches, a bit of light freezing rain, and now some lake-effect snow is falling."It's going to snow" is all the local meteorologists had to say to trigger what I call a "French Toast Alert"... meaning to tell everyone to hit the grocery stores for all

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-32824808704933955032007-12-11T13:49:00.001-05:002007-12-11T13:49:18.548-05:00

Is this thing working?  Just checking to see if this is working.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-33397063314548280802007-12-02T21:14:00.001-05:002007-12-02T21:44:46.827-05:00

Last night we got our first "real" snow of the season. It was just a few inches of snowy goodness, but it's amazing what it does for the spirit...These folks (over there in the picture) are the newest residents in our backyard, courtesy of Regina and Boomper, the Boy Wonder.The stylish fellow on the left is sporting an ensemble called the "Build-Your-Own-Snowman" kit (just add snow) we received

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-65292340507470979922007-11-30T16:32:00.000-05:002007-12-01T09:24:03.315-05:00

I've spent the better part of this week with a cold. To the point that I took two sick days (Wednesday and today), and came home early from work yesterday.Normally, I have a 5-day cold that starts in the sinus and heads South, ending in a chest cold. Today is Day #5 and it can't decide on staying in my head or migrating.Here's hoping that it stays put and fades away. The chest cold is the

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-43026864821748965612007-09-07T15:08:00.000-04:002007-11-30T10:15:59.359-05:00

Sorry for the delay in posting my vacation work updates, but I was pretty much toast each night, and too busy back at work this week. I'll do my best to give the week in review...Saturday, August 25 The calm before the storm...I spent Saturday hanging with Boomper, and working on some of the work plans for the coming week.Sunday, August 26 "I want my @#$%^&* doors!"After our traditional Sunday

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-17627677887005919082007-08-24T10:56:00.000-04:002007-08-24T11:26:54.306-04:00

It's vacation time... which means "time to work on the house."I'm taking the week off to replace our old "can-see-light-all-the-way-around" wooden side entry door, with a brand-spankin' new steel door unit. I'm also looking to install our new French (we're passed the whole "Freedom" thing, right?!?) in the dining room.The side door should be quick n' easy, but the Frenchies are going to take

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-21829860502423240012007-07-31T15:24:00.001-04:002007-08-08T20:45:41.931-04:00

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-44551100288506645682007-07-30T16:10:00.000-04:002007-07-30T16:21:54.472-04:00

It's one of those day.I get this way every once in a while, but today is just feels worse. I actually feel guilty because I accomplished nothing, nada, zippo, nill, ziltch, bubkus... of course, does posting this contradict the way I feel today?!?crap.Well, so much for that thought.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-46588968844673744592007-06-20T15:48:00.000-04:002007-06-20T16:32:07.509-04:00

A year? A whole year since I started this thing? Gee, I guess time does fly.A lot has happened of the past year, with some of the highlights listed here. Boomper, the Boy Wonder, the Boy Wonder is now 28 months, and growing up too fast. It's an adventure to see what he'll come up with each day.The day, as every Sunday does, started with Dad's Special Waffles... still a big hit.This year, I had

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-5685205197644154262007-04-21T12:19:00.000-04:002007-04-21T12:31:32.454-04:00

Boomper (Boy Wonder) and I just returned from HD (that's Home Depot for you noobs out there) with 20 lbs. of sweet propane.Yes, I know that the grilling season is 12-months long, but there is something about THIS portion of it. Standing outside, in front of the grill, beer in one hand, tongs in the other, and nothing but the smell of cooking meat. Ah.... heaven.Still got a tank from last season

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-40555121470869561472007-04-04T14:06:00.000-04:002007-04-11T10:11:39.621-04:00

Time to load up the van for our annual Easter Weekend trip to my brother-in-law's house near Boston. Of course, we skipped last year because we were in South Carolina for Easter, and so were they. So, can we still count it as "annual"?Anywho... we're leaving in the morning, and taking our time. Here's hoping our decision NOT to get a portable DVD player for Boomper was a good one. Lots of

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-84736122937947062542007-04-01T17:27:00.000-04:002007-04-01T17:33:33.369-04:00

Crap. Okay, so I've been busy. I've been working on a number of projects, none of which has given me any free time to post. I'm hoping that'll change soon.Aside from the numerous projects at work, I've been writing a bunch of code for the side biz, especially for the Boy Scout council website. I just finished a major upgrade on the events calendar (it now can be displayed in either grid or

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1155920469219502202006-08-18T12:26:00.001-04:002008-07-07T13:01:07.990-04:00

Dang.Okay, so my "post-a-day" thought got left by the roadside. I'll work on it. Really.A few weeks back, I was chatting with my friend Jim. Our phone conversations tend to fly all over the place, and somehow we went from codework to the canoe in his backyard. Canoe?!?He told me he was wondering what to do with this 12' foot Grumman aluminum canoe that's been sitting in his backyard for 10

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1154636192115248152006-08-03T16:10:00.000-04:002006-08-03T16:29:59.590-04:00

Now get off my lawn!

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1154008954431174912006-07-27T09:50:00.000-04:002006-07-27T13:46:16.216-04:00

Yesterday, I was starting to jones for my brother-in-law Bill's "Peanut Butter Pasta". It's spicy pseudo-Thai peanut butter sauce served with, you guessed it, pasta. It's very tasty, and extremely easy to make. I'd love to share the recipe, but Bill retains the rights for a possible future cookbook.Anywho, so last night I did my ingredient recon, just to make sure we had enough natural

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1152013670770898982006-07-04T07:39:00.000-04:002006-07-04T09:59:31.910-04:00

Well, today's the big day... our Annual Fourth of July Bash/Drive-in Movie Night. So far, everything is on track, and we only have a few things left on the list to take care of.Grilling Tip: Want to know how much propane is left in that 20# tank?I banged my head against the wall trying to find an easy way of determining how much propane I've got in tank. My frustration is now your gain: Matt

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1151696985855825082006-06-30T15:44:00.000-04:002006-06-30T15:53:46.986-04:00

Okay, drive-in movie equipment checklist:Laptop...checkProjector...checkMovie...check (to be announced on Tuesday)Back-up screen...check40' custom audio signal cable...checkNice weather...fingers crossedJust a few "environmental issues" to handle (aka bugs), tweaking the movie prelude, securing the Tyvek for the screen, and picking up the popcorn popper, and we can greenlight this puppy.BOO-YA!!!

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1151520716829622862006-06-28T12:20:00.000-04:002006-06-28T15:13:28.693-04:00

Okay, it's been over a week since my last post. I've either been too busy, or just haven't had much to report.I'm starting to prep for our annual Fourth of July Bash. This year, we're having a late afternoon cook-out, and then a good 'ol fashioned drive-in movie. Well, not really a "drive-in", but it'll be outside and projected onto the back of the house.GEEK ALERT: I'm using a laptop and LCD

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1150824329882430782006-06-20T13:23:00.000-04:002006-06-20T13:25:59.600-04:00

Okay, you're reading "Matt the Webguy", and probably wondering: "If he's a webguy, then what's up with the canned template?!?"I'm working on it, okay?!? Geesh....

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1150809028602856602006-06-20T08:48:00.000-04:002006-06-20T11:57:48.100-04:00

I've been in a bit of a rut lately. I've had the itch to write some serious code, but it just wasn't flowing right. Well, yesterday... I got my Code Jones rolling.One of the things I've been working on at the day job (I'm the web developer at 13WHAM.com) is trying to make posting content to the website as easy as possible for our content editors and producers. One issue has been including images

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1150724025786092772006-06-19T09:27:00.000-04:002006-06-19T09:33:53.090-04:00

Enough said.

Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126635603033172215noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29897425.post-1150655553333424692006-06-18T14:14:00.000-04:002006-06-18T14:42:17.146-04:00

Father's Day. It's a good day.I was awakened this morning with a slobbery kiss from our "so-to-be" 16 month old, "NtG"...of course it was around 5:30AM. NtG and Mommy then let me sleep a bit longer before it was time to start the Sunday Morning Ritual.Yup... you guessed it.... Dad's Special Waffles and Bob the Builder (more on Bob in a later post).Last year was my first Father's Day, but NtG

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